***Champions v Palace Official Match Thread***

[nottsblue]

Early KO for this one. Need a win and hopefully a good performance after last week’s drab affair in the Derby, though the win is more important at this stage as we’re currently out of the CL places.

Who knows what team selection might be? But Palace of late are a tidy outfit who don’t concede many and have had a few good results at ours over the years. They have pace in attack and Matete is in good form. We underestimate these at our peril.

Think it will be a tight affair. Head says draw but heart says 1-0 Marmoush

[john@staustell]

Who knows, indeed.

[Scatman]

Got a good feeling about this one. I can't go sadly but I'm thinking 3-1 to us.

[CTID Hants]

Despite their injuries ( Romain Esse and Matt Turner) and suspensions ( Marc Guehi & Eddie Nketiah) I still don't feel confident of us getting 3 points.

I hope to God I am wrong.

[salford city]

No repeat of last week's shit-show please boys. This is going to be a painful watch. Not looking forward to this at all.

[Nigels Tackle]

can’t see us winning this one
palace in decent form
unbeaten away in ages
play fast counter attacking football that we can’t defend against
looking forward to it

[CTID Hants]

Lining up this afternoon!

XI | Ederson, Lewis, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, Nico, Kovacic, Gundogan, De Bruyne (C), McAtee, Marmoush

SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Grealish, Doku, Bernardo, Reis, Savinho, Nunes, Khusanov, Bobb

[Nigels Tackle]

foden at home crying over hurty words?

[john@staustell]

foden at home crying over hurty words?

A blessing for sure.

I'm quite bemused because Nunes finally had a half decent game, so is dropped

[blues2win]

Full backs playing high up for width presumably. McAtee really needs to show.

[nottsblue]

Lining up this afternoon!

XI | Ederson, Lewis, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, Nico, Kovacic, Gundogan, De Bruyne (C), McAtee, Marmoush

SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Grealish, Doku, Bernardo, Reis, Savinho, Nunes, Khusanov, Bobb

KDB the captain as a sympathy vote?

Feel for McAtee being in such a pedestrian midfield

[blues2win]

McAtee and Nico aren’t pedestrian. McAtee has to seize his chance. No sympathy from me.

[stevefromdonny]

COME ON CITY

[nottsblue]

McAtee and Nico aren’t pedestrian. McAtee has to seize his chance. No sympathy from me.

Kovacic Gundogan and KDB are

[john@staustell]

McAtee and Nico aren’t pedestrian. McAtee has to seize his chance. No sympathy from me.

Kovacic Gundogan and KDB are

So is Lewis, now against Eze

[Mase]

Pep is a weird baldy cunt with Jack. Fuckin bizarre

[johnny crossan]

McAtee ahead of Grealish, Bobb, Savinho, Doku, Silva, Foden - Lewis ahead of Khusanov? We don't want CL next season then

[Beefymcfc]

Come on City!

[CTID Hants]

McAtee should have done better there, maybe he thought he was offside

[CTID Hants]

Bollox